NFL

The organization where Mark Butterworth has worked for 27 years and where replay operations are centralized.

“Mr.- Mr. Butter, how long have you been working with the NFL?”

The hosts are broadcasting live from the NFL headquarters and discussing the league's schedule.

“All right. As we send you to SportsCenter here on this glorious Tuesday, the Commish has obviously welcomed us into the Art McNally Game Day Central. We're lucky to be here. Sports are the greatest. More playoffs tonight. We'll see you tomorrow. That's Kirk He…”

The professional football league whose schedule and operations are being discussed.

“The NFL offices.”

The league is expanding its scheduling windows to include more days like Wednesday, which the hosts believe fans will inevitably watch.

“Exactly. You put a game on Saturday, I'm gonna watch. Sunday, I'm gonna wa- I, I think they know that about us, though. Like, I think they know that about us. I do think they have been calculated on how much for the how much do we continue to roll. I think the…”

The league managing the schedule release and balancing broadcast partners.

“Well, brisket certainly would taste a little bit more delightful. Denver, obviously, fantastic fan base. It's Monday night. It's gonna have to hit. It's an interesting balance because the NFL has to keep all their partners happy. Obviously, they have a lot mor…”

The hosts are broadcasting live from the NFL headquarters in New York.

“Took the jacket off. I have no idea if our logo is blown out like it looks like on our thing, but know that it is us and the NFL have come together here. And this all came together pretty quickly, because we're gonna be in, uh, New York, and we're gonna potent…”

The professional football league where the discussed players are competing.

“That's why I think it will take a year. I think it's gonna take a year to get back to what they were on the defense. O- obviously Fernando Mendoza, Heisman winner, okay? Had an incredible season. Number one overall pick. We believe in him. You believe in him i…”

The league where the officials operate and the subject of the replay system discussion.

“But I'm happy we don't have replacement refs, so maybe someday we'll get to that. Thank you for your service to the league, thank you for your service to ball, and thank you for the hospitality here in this beautiful Art McNally Game Day Central, sir.”

The league whose offices are being toured and discussed.

“You know, I have, uh, certainly done that. Uh, it j- it's outrageous here. It really is. Uh, I just went out to the bathroom, you know, uh, to run. In the hallway, you run into literally the people that are creating the schedules, and then you got the other si…”

The professional football league managing the officiating and replay processes discussed.

“Well, not you personally, but the league got the most blowback for-”

Mentioned as having different rules regarding time off for players compared to corporate jobs.

“... yeah, different rules in the NFL.”

Discussed the release of the upcoming league schedule.

“... we, we stan for Tim Patrick forever. The NFL schedule. I, apparently this is in our news, uh, the 2020-”

The league where Ted Hurst and other rookies are competing.

“heir apparent. He is not Mike Evans. He's not a first round NFL pick. He, he doesn't have the production profile of Mike Evans, but they're bringing him into that role. Uh, uh, you know, the- Zach Robinson literally was just saying having a true X weapon in an…”

The league where the prospects are being evaluated for fantasy success.

“45 rushing touchdowns. And I've, I've brought this up on the Dynasty show, probably this show in the past. There's a weird correlation between fantasy football success in the NFL and, for the running back position, rushing touchdowns in college. That, that is …”

The league where the players discussed compete.

“Almost every position peaks starting about 25.”

The hosts discuss how the league overall passed on a specific player until the fifth round.

“Your, your better argument there was nor did the NFL.”

Discussed in the context of projecting the longevity of elite running backs.

“though he is my dude, he, he is a human being. We don't know how long he will be elite for in the NFL. I think we're all still projecting a healthy McCaffrey on the 49ers this year will be awesome for fantasy football. How long does he have? And then the conve…”

The league where players like Christian Watson compete.

“He is 27, which is... I can't believe Watson's been in [laughs] the year, in the league that long.”

Discussed regarding the annual schedule release process.

“Also, NFL schedule coming out on Thursday. So that means we'll get it probably tomorrow.”

The professional football league where Woodhead played and teams scouted players.

“The crazy thing about Woody is, I wanna say we opened with the Jets that year, or I wanna say we opened with them. Maybe it was the second game of the year. But, you know, when you open with a team in the NFL, you watch every preseason game. You watch the firs…”

Used as a comparison point for the rate of player development and coaching style.

“Well, I try to do whatever I can to help improve the players and the team. So, uh, whatever that consists of. If it's giving them coaching points on the field, off the field, watching film, um, you know, talking about fundamentals, you know, however I can help…”

Mentioned as the professional league where Belichick coached and where he observed player commitment levels.

“But that's not... It's rare. Most of them, they really, they really do want to. Now, some don't have enough staying power, and they like... Well, they do and then they kinda drift off, and then they come back again. Um, the guys who are more... But we had thos…”

Used as a metaphor for evaluating a staff member's performance.

“So to put this in NFL terms, like, what would... Zach would be like our first round pick.”

Referenced as the professional league where players face challenges and adversity.

“Well, I think tough starts with, um, you know, being physically tough and being mentally tough. It's not, it's not gonna be easy. It's not easy to win a football game. Nobody's giving those away. Those aren't door prizes. You know, you gotta go out and earn it…”

Mentioned as the professional league where coaching methods and technology like Polaroid shots evolved.

“y- I mean, you know, there's no scoreboard. There's no... Out here in practice, right? I mean, there's no replays. There's no... Like, you get one chance to look at the play and tell the guy what he did wrong or, you know, and coach. And so how you see the pla…”

The context of the discussion is professional football team management and locker room dynamics.

“"You know, off-season program's the most important time of the year for us. It's where you bond with your teammates. It's where you, you know, you work hard together. You sweat in the weight room. You push each other. And, and if you have new guys on the team,…”

The league where Bill Belichick coached and won multiple Super Bowls.

“I got, we, I got also a weird question. Um, you're obviously, you know, best head coach of all time, should be in the Hall of Fame. We don't have to get into that. It's crazy. Uh, we thought it was crazy at the time, it still is crazy. You're prepared better t…”

The context of the discussion is the NFL draft and player trades.

“Mr. Davis calls me up and says, "All right, look, do you wanna do this trade or not?" And I said, "Well, yeah." I mean, been do- trying to do it for two months. Like, yeah, I'm gonna have cold feet now. He goes, "All right. Well, we want your pick in the fourt…”

Context of the discussion regarding professional football coaching and player performance.

“Like yeah, that you, you're learn- so I, I also you talk about that, like always learning, and just constantly learning in football is something that you just always learn. I also heard you say that Randy Moss taught you what real speed is.”

Discussed as the professional league where specific offensive personnel groupings became popular.

“Okay. But it was kind of a front runner of the 12 personnel that has become pretty popular in the league, even, you know, when Joe Gibbs was runnin', um, and Don Coryell and those guys were runnin' all their one back stuff out in San Diego. They were doing it …”

The professional league where the Colts and other teams competed.

“So it, it's interesting. I- I... You've seen so much football. You've been around so much football.”

Discussed as a potential example of a collective ownership structure, though debated by the hosts.

“Yep. Well, and I, I think you could argue that the NFL in its own way is this. Obviously not to the fans, but to the-”

Used as a comparison for how industry competition can ultimately benefit everyone.

“Kinda like the NFL, it ended up being great for everybody.”

Cited as an example of a scaling organization.

“And we see this in Ferrari with Enzo. You see this at, with Apple, the Steve Jobs/Tim Cook. You see it in the NFL, with Coca-Cola, with Trader Joe's. I mean, this phenomenon just shows up over and over again.”

The professional football league where Cam Newton played.

“... Cam, you know Cam, former NFL All-Pro quarterback.”

Compared to the UFC regarding head injuries and the false belief that helmets provide full protection.

“Yeah. Well, later on in life, you're gonna, you're gon- You know, when you are in a combat sport where you get hit in the head, this isn't like the NFL where, you know, they believed for years that helmets would protect your-”

Mentioned alongside the NBA as a league where gay athletes face barriers to coming out.

“knowledgeable and sophisticated on this issue, and our teams understand it completely. I would've expected them to be supportive, and they are." And I think David meant all that, and I think all that meant a lot at the time, and nothing about the significance …”

NASCAR races were aired opposite NFL broadcasts to help build the sport's audience.

“There's a lesson here, and FISA's learned it the hard way. Scale doesn't guarantee fit. Every market has its own culture, expectations, emotional hooks. Ignore those and any product can come across as a losing proposition. If you wanna win in a new market, it …”

Mentioned as the league where a former client played football.

“I met with an NFL player one time, and I sat down with him and his wife and he said, "Dave, you're gonna kill me." And I'm like, "What'd you do? Did you blow all your money?" And he said, "No, I got $10 million." I'm like, "Well, what is it? Wh- why am I gonna…”

Referenced in the context of analyzing player futures and value for fantasy football.

“Yeah, I mean, it's the outlook of i- NFL futures, so i- for redraft that still matters. This is, um, whether or not we think the value is peaking, has peaked, or is, you know, there's more to come from this player, right?”